#i am living an rabbit hole

[wheeinsgirlfriend]

Me happily watching an movie from 90s/2000s with SRK in

Then suddenly an Kajol or Rani Mukerji appearence

[incessantlark]

eef wieners...

[shinesurge]

can anybody hear me for the love of god

[itssoinevitable]

Audrey and Siegfried, caring and cups of tea. ACGAS (2020) S03E07 & S04E01

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

This new official yi city art from the Japanese audio drama reminds me so much of the essence of your creachers .. personally I think they're taking inspiration from your wonderful fellas

https://twitter.com/mimifm11/status/1679083183613300736?t=IslUVs4um6QsmoIG1iEYYg&s=19

They're in the recording booth!!!!

[hana-bobo-finch]

I did not know this existed until now and I’m incredibly fascinated by it https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2009/Louie-s-Notes-Musings-of-a-Sidekick-251422.html

like it’s soooo ooc ahahhahahah ik this was pre-pikmin 3 but

guess he changed his mind about that oop

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

[Me, everyday I'm not at a Limp Bizkit concert]

Hey there Delilah, what's it like in Loserville?

[vastiitas]

the way j.b. maun.ey messes w dale bris.by is so fcking funny n lowkey, but it's also so very cole coded

[samatheia229]

Rise Rant: Leo's Sword Situation

Yes, this is a call-out post.

I obsessively reload the Rottmnt page on AO3 every day so I'm caught up with most of the new/updated fics, which is how this phenomena came to my attention.

There are a decent amount of fics where Leo still uses an odachi instead of his iconic twin katana after unlocking Hamato Ninpō. I know some Rise fans were unhappy with the reversion to the OG weapons and stick with the mystic weapons, and there's nothing wrong with that. You do you. I've even seen some fic authors write Leo using both odachi and twin katana interchangeably. Great!

My issue is with the group of people who seem to think that post-Ninpō, Leo wields TWO ODACHI.

I was reading a fic yesterday where one commenter (we'll call them OP) 'informs' the author that Leo uses twin odachi post-Ninpo, not katana.

Someone else replied, saying something along the lines of "I thought the garden trowels turn into twin katana. They're different from what I remember."

Then OP responded to the reply like "Nah, it's odachis. Imagine how strong Leo must be to wield two at once!"

And that, as they say, was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

WHERE DID THIS IDEA COME FROM? Denial? Glorification of Rise? Misinformation? Something else? All of the above?

Odachi and katana are very different swords from appearance alone. You don't need knowledge of martial arts to know this.

Still in denial? Here's the proof.

Katana have thinner blades and wide hilts. Odachi are much bigger and heavier, and in the show clearly have a wider and longer blade.

IRL comparison. The odachi is bigger and longer than the tachi (the smallest sword in the 1st pic) and the katana is smaller/shorter than the tachi.

This size/length difference remains true in the show. The odachi is almost as big as Leo at his full height while his twin katana only take up roughly the vertical length of his shell. There are some inconsistencies because the show has too much going on to really focus on sword length, but still.

If you're still not convinced, then let's talk animator logic. Except Donnie, all the turtles use their OG weapons in the beginning of the pilot episode. The katana in Leo's hands are basically identical to the katana he wields post-Ninpō.

The way the two swords are drawn in the show are also visually different.

Just from a logical standpoint, it's obvious that Leo would not be using two odachi. We've seen him wield his odachi with one hand so it's entirely possible that he's capable of using two at once, but even so it's hardly practical and even just plain inefficient, especially when you take into account his sword-throwing teleportation move. It doesn't matter that Leo could do it. Two giant, heavy swords are just cumbersome and impractical for a fighter who relies on speed and mobility.

Headcanons that glorify Rise are one thing. The "bio-engineered soldiers of war" headcanon is fanon because there are many uncertain factors so who's to say it can't be canon. However, spreading very blatant misinformation of canon, like this debacle with Leo's swords, is not okay.

TL;DR: Rise Leo uses one (1) mystical odachi for most of the series but uses twin katana after unlocking Ninpō.

If you still can't see it, then you are — to put it harshly — either blind or stupid, neither of which are mutually exclusive.

Thank you for listening to (reading) my TED Talk.

[lizeon]

wth why would i suddenly not be able to watch a live stream on youtube? i dont think its an adblocker thing? i was watching a different live stream like 2 hours ago, i can watch regular videos and vods. but now when i bring up a stream it just goes gray and says "Your browser cant play this video". never seen this and having a hard time finding an answer online that is about a live stream, everything so far is for videos that dont work for anyone else either

[the-wild-wolves-around-you]

existential dread creeping in? don’t worry about it!

just put on an album/band that you screamed your heart out to when you were a teenager and recreate that catharsis!

(just dont think about how long its been since that album really came out. that will ruin the vibe.)

[imwritesometimes]

when I find blorbos I can connect basedball to it's fuckin over

[briannaallaround]

My self control needs a fucking medal or something bc I've been this 👌 close to reading the mo dao zu shi manhwa for weeks now, but I'm getting the books for xmas and want to read them first. I am honestly slowly dying

[to-be-a-dreamer]

I was planning on answering a bunch of asks and writing up that au I was talking about into an official post but I got distracted and, long story short, it's been four hours and I now have an 11-page Google Doc about the 7th Governor of Tennessee, Sam Houston (6th, depending on who you ask)

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

The Patented Rivers-Crouch-&-Ankle-Bend™

[darklight-owl]

All my blorbos should get an orchestral live theme I think I deserve more blorbos with orchestral live themes.